LEADER 05090nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910524879303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613905796 010 $a9781283593342 010 $a1283593343 010 $a9781920489687 010 $a1920489681 010 $a9781920489663 010 $a1920489665 035 $a(CKB)2670000000246016 035 $a(EBL)1919401 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000713875 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11394801 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713875 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10659920 035 $a(PQKB)10003265 035 $a(OCoLC)813843999 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22831 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1919401 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597080 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390579 035 $a(OCoLC)900346160 035 $a(PPN)187343799 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1919401 035 $a(ScCtBLL)2108182d-35d5-4dbc-9ccc-05103baf1c84 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88825352 035 $a(FRCYB88825352)88825352 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000246016 100 $a20110908d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aZimbabwe $ea survey /$fby the African Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, Open Society Initiative Southern Africa, and Open Society Institute Media Programme 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aRosebank $cOpen Society Initiative for Southern Africa$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (120 pages) 225 0 $aPublic broadcasting in Africa series 300 $a"An Open Society Institute Network publication" -- Cover. 311 08$a9781920355265 311 08$a192035526X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 - Country Facts -- 1. Historical background -- 2. Government -- 3. Economic and social development -- 4. Rule of law -- 5. Media landscape -- 6. Brief history of broadcasting in Zimbabwe -- 2 - Media Legislation and Regulation -- 1. International, continental and regional standards -- 2. The Constitution of Zimbabwe -- 3. General media laws and regulations -- 4. Other laws with an impact on media and freedom of expression -- 5. The media and the inclusive government -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations -- 3 - The Broadcasting Landscape -- 1. The state broadcaster -- 2. Commercial/private broadcasters -- 3. Community broadcasting -- 4. Technical standards and accessibility of services -- 5. Conclusions and recommendations -- 4 - Digitalisation and its Impact -- 1. Preparedness for switch-over to digitalisation -- 2. Convergence -- 3. Conclusions and recommendations -- 5 - Broadcasting Legislation and Regulation -- 1. The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) -- 2. Licence conditions -- 3. Conclusions and recommendations -- 6 - The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation -- 1. Legislation -- 2. Services of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation -- 3. Organisational structures of the ZBC -- 4. Conclusions and recommendations -- 7 - Funding of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation -- 1. The ZBC commercialisation process -- 2. Current sources of funding -- 3. Spending -- 4. Conclusions and recommendations -- 8 - Programming -- 1. Background -- 2. Current programming of the ZBC -- 3. Feedback and complaints procedures -- 4. Conclusions and recommendations -- 9 - Broadcasting Reform Efforts -- 1. Background -- 2. Current reform efforts -- 3. Conclusion and recommendations -- 10 - Recommendations -- 1. Constitution -- 2. Media laws in general. 327 $a3. Access to information -- 4. Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe -- 5. Broadcasting landscape -- 6. Digitalisation -- 7. Broadcasting legislation -- 8. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC): Legislation -- 9. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC): Funding -- 10. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC): Programming -- 11. Campaigns for broadcasting reforms -- Back Cover. 330 $aThis report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for public broadcasting reform in Africa. The Zimbabwe report is part of an 11-country survey of African broadcast media, evaluating compliance with the agreements, conventions, charters and declarations regarding media that have been developed at regional and continental levels in Africa. 517 1 $aOn air, Zimbabwe 606 $aPublic broadcasting$xGovernment policy$zZimbabwe 606 $aBroadcasting policy$zZimbabwe 615 0$aPublic broadcasting$xGovernment policy 615 0$aBroadcasting policy 676 $a384.54065 712 02$aAfriMAP. 712 02$aOpen Society Initiative for Southern Africa. 712 02$aOpen Society Institute.$bMedia Programme. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524879303321 996 $aZimbabwe$91241552 997 $aUNINA